Introducing Tim McBride Lawyer

Academic Qualifications

LLB (Hons) – Victoria University of Wellington (1971)
LLM – Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1974)

Professional Qualifications

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor (NZ), 1972
Practising barrister, 1977-1994; 1999 - 30 June 2009; 1 July 2011-

Legal / Professional Memberships

Member, Auckland District Law Society to 30 June 2009
Member, Public Issues Committee, Auckland District Law Society (1983-1988)
Member, New Zealand Law Society Data Protection and Privacy Committee (1988-1993, 2002)

Academic Positions

Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland (1981-2004)
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Planning and Welfare Law, Massey University, Palmerston North (1978-1980)
Teaching Fellow, School of Law, Stanford University, California, USA (1976-1977)
Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1974-1976)
Junior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Victoria University, Wellington (1971-1973)

Visiting Academic Positions

Visiting Lecturer, School of Law, the University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu (October-December 1996, August-December 1997)
Visiting Lecturer, Australian Centre for Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney (July 1995, August 1997, July 1999, September 2000)
Visiting Lecturer, Australian Centre for Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Adelaide (June 1994)
Course Instructor, Postgraduate Intensive Course in Planning Law, Department of Resource and Environmental Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North (May 1997)
Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, HK (January 1992)
Visiting Fellow, School of Law, King’s College, London, England (November 1991-January 1992)
Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge, England (October 1982-January 1983, June 1986-November 1986)

Court and Tribunal Experience

My work as a barrister has included appearances before the Social Security Appeals Authority; the Complaints Review Tribunal (now known as the Human Rights Review Tribunal); the Planning Tribunal (now known as the Environment Court); the District Court, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal. I have also been involved in the presentation of evidence and submissions before Commissions and Committees of Inquiry. I have been involved in conciliation processes (eg, where a privacy complaint is being investigated by the Privacy Commissioner), or where mediation has been used as a dispute resolution process. I have also appeared before council committees (eg, on issues arising under the Resource Management Act 1991).

Important decisions with human rights implications in which I have been involved include –

• House v A-G (SC-1977) – first decision of the NZ courts to recognise that exemplary damages might still be available where an injury had occurred, despite the enactment of the Accident Compensation Act 1972
• Bos v Police (HC-1981) 1981 Springbok rugby tour – disorderly behaviour
• Cuthbert v Police (HC-1992) Obstruction of the police during demonstration at international tennis tournament – relevance of the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990
• Bramwell v Director-General of Social Welfare [2001] NZAR 680 (CA) – Rights of beneficiaries

• CanWest TVWorks v XY [2008] NZAR 1 (HC) – Broadcasting Act 1989 – scope of BSA’s privacy principles

Memberships and Organisations

Elected member, Devonport Community Board (2007-2010)
Resource consent commissioner, North Shore
Ministry for the Environment accredited RMA decision-maker
Member, NZ Law Society Privacy Law Working Group (2004-2009)
Member, UNESCO (NZ) Sub-Commission on Communications (2008-)
Member, Office of the Privacy Commissioner Credit Reporting
Privacy Code Reference Group (2008-2009)